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RMAN Operation Fails With RMAN-20005: target data base name is ambiguous (Doc ID 224352.1)

Last updated on APRIL 09, 2024

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 9.0.1.0 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

 

Oracle Server - Enterprise Edition
Recovery Manager (RMAN)
RMAN Operation With Recovery Catalog failed

Error:    
 RMAN-06004: ORACLE error from recovery catalog database
 RMAN-20005: target data base name is ambiguous

 

Cause

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